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16mm films, videotapes and sound recordings from British Railways Research, Derby

Collection of approximately 480 items from British Railways Research, Derby, documenting research, procedures and locomotive tests. Mainly 16mm film reels, as well as one 35mm film reel, one 8mm film reel, one Super 8 film reel, 10 sound recordings and 2 video recordings.

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Print; I81 / Title on first frames / 550 feet / Colour, Silent / Reversal;800 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Fatal Accident on big dipper at Sunderland'

Print; X61 / Return to Dr. M. G. Pollard written on label / Title on first frames: Magnet lift-off / Colour, Silent / Slightly magenta / Maglev lecture film, different footage spliced onto one reel of approx. 600 feet, footage of test tracks and vehicle, track switching, test of magnet (print of negative X118 and X128), and BTF film 'Maglev'; 800 feet plastic canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Maglev lecture Heavetable'

Copy; X41, actually same as I94 / BBC copyright / Colour, Optical sound / Magenta; 400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Autowagon'

Print; X137 / 1984 / BR Research Roll No.409 / Colour + B&W, Silent / Magenta;1000 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Euxton Junction Preston'

1984
Negative Master; U69 / 01/12/1975 / BR Research roll No.275, 13/11/1975 on leader / Colour, Silent / Ride filmed from under the maglev, close up of tracks and underframe / Approx. 100 feet;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Linear Vehicle'

1975
Original camera; U31 / Reversal master or print / Colour, Silent;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Shap Test Film'

Original camera; U123 / Assembled reversal / Colour, Silent / Can 4 of 6 / Reversal;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Thermal Buckling of CWR, the old Dalby site experiments'

Negative Master; X128 / 15/03/1983 / Colour / Under name on label "MG Pollard Maglev switch, R. Dowger, Filming from cab" / Approx. 350 feet / Close up shots of Maglev track switching, plus ghost ride shots on regular track (on board of a Diesel? - diesel locomotive filmed on opposite tracks);400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Maglev switch'

1983
Copy; X39 / BTF label / Colour, Optical sound / Magenta; 400 feet cardboard case

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'SR AWS at Bournemouth and continuous train control at Friargate'

Copy; Metal canister inside cardboard case / I27 / Title on reel and first frames / B&W, Optical sound; Cardboard case

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'The Dynamics of Railway Vehicles 1'

Print; "Thorpe" written on box + I41 + "Official Opening of New Engineering laboratories May 1964" first frames are the same as Opening Technical… / Colour, Silent;Posso spools cardboard case

Film - Acetate - 8mm 'Opening Technical Centre Derby May 1964'

Print; U107 / 20/05/1978 / Colour, Silent / Magenta / Can 2 of 2;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Lateral Transfer Rig at Derby Research'

1978
Copy; I27/2 / 400 feet metal canister / BTF label / Copy 2 / Title on first frames followed by: "A non-mathematical account of research during the last 2 and a half years" / B&W, Optical sound; Cardboard case

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'The Dynamics of Railway Vehicles 2'

Recorded notes on a study relating to ISO containers and Elevated Twist Locks. Includes a description of a model depicting a new style of freigt yard with no cranes.

Audio cassette 'Elevating Twist Lock'

Copy; BTF label addressed to Chief instructor at British Rail Western Region Workshops / 800 feet box but 200 feet on reel / "For collection by representative of T.S Scott Esq Workshops manager / B&W, Silent; Brown film travel box

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Houchen Presentation Apprentice of the Year'

Copy; X40, actually same I94 / BBC copyright / BBC enterprises Film Library Sales label / Colour, Optical sound / Magenta; 400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Autowagon'

Negative Master; U20 / May 1971 / B&W, Silent / Can 1 of 1;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Driving Simulation Film'

1971
Print; I63B / 10/02/1970 / BR Research roll No.98 / "Old Dalby to Nottingham / Colour, Silent;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'APT 150 to Nottingham'

1970
Print; U14 / 03/04/1971 / B&W, Silent / Can 1 of 1;400 feet 35mm metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Stilton Fen'

1971
Print; X103 / B&W;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Drop Hammer'

Negative Master; U73 / 28/10/1976 / "Film 756" on title frame / B&W, Silent / Can 3 of 4;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Titles for plastic films (Rolls Royce)'

1976
Negative Master; U22 / 2 rolls inside box, 1 on core, 1 in can / FI Trials Cine Unit RARDE Fort Halstead on 60 feet metal canister / B&W, Silent; Grey film travel box

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Fort Halstead'

Copy; X63 / BTF label, prod 1254 / First frames "British Rail Research", "Dynamometer test showing the effect of phosphorus in cast iron brakes…" / Colour, Optical sound; 400 feet plastic canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Dynamometer Brake Test'

Copy; X9 / BR Research on label / Title on first frames / 16 fps / Colour, Magnetic sound; 800 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'The Fight Against Crime'

Print; U106 / 04/04/1978 / Colour, Silent / Can 2 of 2;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Slab track filmed from front of lab coach 5'

1978
Copy; I94 / T. World Autowagon title crossed over on label, but first frames matching with this title and also title on leader / Copy F on label / Copyright BBC / Colour, Optical sound / Magenta;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Autowagon'

Original camera; X80 / Title on BRB X series list: Research department new specification / Reel2 written on can / Title according first frames, and "The Research Department Paint Laboratory" / B&W, Silent / Edited original or duplicate reversal; 400 feet black metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'The Material'

Copy; I89 / Title on can and first frames / Colour, Magnetic sound / Magenta;400 feet plastic canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Controlled Destruction Test on Spandrel Walls of Horns Bridge Chesterfield'

Print; U94 / APT, a selection of recent shots showing development work on the E and POP trains + 1st run of APT-E / 20/07/1977 / Can 1 of 1 / Colour, Silent;400 feet cardboard case

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Faraday / APT'

1977
Print; X69 / "incomplete" written on can / "Magnetic suspension demonstration" title on first frames / Colour, Silent / Magenta / Approx. 100 feet; 400 feet plastic canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Heave Table Tests'

Negative Master; U111 / 06/04/1979 / Can 1 of 2;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Testing of Bcf Fire Extinguisher'

1979
Negative Master; X143 / Part 1 / Title on small label on roll / B&W, Silent;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Cranfield Elastic band'

Copy; I73/2 / Title on BTF label and first frames along with BR double arrow logo / Colour, Optical sound / Magenta;400 feet plastic canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Automatic Warning System with Cab Signalling Display'

Print; Metal canister inside white cardboard box / I42 / G589M Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. Ltd, London, label / "Metal hub" / Small bits of film rolled on reel, some with titles / Title not on can but from I series list; Cardboard case

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Wagon shunting tests'

1965
Print; U49 / 03/1974 / Can 3 of 4;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Molten Metal - Thermit weld test'

1974
Print; U117 / 09/1979 / B&W, Silent / Can 2 of 3;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Bcf Fire Extinguisher Tests reel 2'

1979
Negative + Print; U58 / 10/02/1975 / 2 reels inside can 1 of 1;1000 feet 35mm metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Test Run of Car Flats (Aerodynamics)'

1975
Original camera; U8 / BR Research roll No.122, 05/12/1970 / Colour, Silent / Can 1 of 1 / Edited original or duplicate reversal;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Seat Tests on Van at Airport'

1970
Print; U80 / 31/12/1976 / Non striped print / Note on can: Transfer finished print to I system (I99) U80/4 when [saint] added to / Can 1 of 4 / 500 feet / Colour, Silent / Magenta;1200 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Brake Rig Rotherham'

1976
; BTF label "The Challenge of Change" crossed over / On leader: "BTF - J1805, Roll 31, 23/11/1969 or 1967", Silent, Positive, ektachrome;

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Untitled Roll 31'

1969
British Rail Research 16mm Acetate film.

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Titles for the tests on slab…'

British Rail Research 16mm Acetate film.

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'The Ignition of pre-coated metals'

Original camera; Cardboard case and metal canister / U9 / "Radcliffe on Trent" on box, / "Completed" / Colour, Silent / Magenta / Edited original reversal / Radcliffe-on-Trent, laying concrete ? / Approx. 580 feet; Carboard case

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Radcliffe Test Site'

Original camera; X124 / Colour, Silent / Original master or print / Reversal;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Drop Hammer'

Print; X32, not written on can / Title according BRB X series list / BR Research roll No.136 / 16/05/1973 / B&W, Silent; 400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Model Hydrotole Accumulator'

Negative Master; U67 / Masters (joined) for U65 and U66 / 11/11/1975 / Colour, Silent;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Negative Master U67'

1975
Original camera + Print; U26 / October 1971 / Paper inside can "Draft script for Jot film" / Colour, Silent / Reversal;1000 feet 35mm metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Jot Film'

1971
Negative Master; U113 / 26/04/1979 / Colour, Silent / Can 2 of 5;400 feet metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Detonator Tests Mickleover reel 2'

1979
British Rail Research 16mm Acetate film.

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Tank fire test'

Print; X79 / Reel 1 / Reversal duplicate; 400 feet black metal canister

Film - Acetate - 16mm 'Flame cleaning of steel work (LMS)'